Colbert also rubbed salt in Trump's wound for never having won an Emmy for "The Apprentice, " showing a clip from a Trump/Hillary Clinton presidential debate where she mentioned how Trump was upset he never won.

Alec Baldwin won the comedy supporting actor Emmy for his withering impersonations of Trump for "Saturday Night Live "on the Comcast Corp's NBC". "Why didn't you give him an Emmy?". In a series of rapid-fire barbs, he called the president (in a Breaking Bad reference) "Walter Much Whiter" and cracked that, unlike presidents, "Emmys go to the victor of the popular vote". Here are the 9 most incisive, hilarious jokes from Colbert's 2017 Emmys monologue.

Glover won his first Emmy and made history at the same time for directing the "B.A.N" episode of Atlanta.

Colbert acknowledged his humor was in front of a friendly audience, asking: "Where do I find the courage to tell that joke in this room?"

Britain'sRiz Ahmed won his first Emmy for his role as a man who falls foul of the US judicial system in HBO's crime limited series "The Night Of". "It is an honor to be amongst you all and I am truly amazed how many black people are here", Chappelle quipped. "If he had won an Emmy I bet he wouldn't have run for president", noted Colbert.